BPSC 60-62 PT Examination held on 12-02-2017 : Set ‘B’

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Question hint Correct answer

Explanation

1 Kalinga’s King Kharvel was associated

with :

A* Kharavela was a king of Kalinga in present-day Odisha, India. The

best known king of the Mahameghavahana dynasty, he ruled

somewhere around first or second century BCE. The main source

of information about Kharavela is his rock-cut Hathigumpha

inscription.

2 Chinese traveller ‘Sungyun’ was came

to India in :

A Sungyun, a Chinese traveler, came to India in 517 AD. He says:

“These people do not consider animal-killing a good thing. Those

who eat meat, eat of those animals only that die of their own

death. These people resemble with the people of Khotan in their

conduct and language. But the script of these people is Brahmi.”

3 Which among the following Harappan

site terracotta of ‘plough’ was found?

B

4 Odantpuri Education centre …. B Odantapuri which was also called Odantapura or Uddandapura was a Buddhist Mahavihara. The ruins of Odantapuri were located in Nalanda District of Bihar, nearby to Bihar Sharif. It was established by the Pala Emperor Gopala I in the 8th century.

5 Diwan –e-erj C During sultanate period it was head of Defence department .

6 Aprahat A

7 Persian traveller ‘Abdurrajjak’ C

8 Jaswant & dasawan ..famous painters …….were courtier of ?

A

9 Founder of Bahmani Kingdom… A

10 Surendra nath banerjee eliminated from ICS …..?

A Banerjee was the second Indian to pass the Indian Civil Service examinations, and was appointed to a post in Sylhet in his homeland; however, in 1874 he was dismissed for a minor and apparently inadvertent procedural error.

11 Father of Dyarchy A*

12 Akhil Bhartiy Kisan congress… A

13 Santhal Revolt … D

14 Founder of Karnat dynesty …. A

15 1st Muslim conqueror of Bihar ….. C

16 Titles of Rai Bahadur & Khan Bahadur were begun in …..

A*

17 Author of Udwant prakash … A

18 Nalanda vihar was destroyed by… A

19 Last king of Karnat dynesty….. A

20 Author of rajniti ratnakar …. A

21 What is particulate matters..? B Particulate matter (PM), also known as particle pollution, is a

complex mixture of extremely small particles and liquid

droplets that get into the air. Once inhaled, these particles

can affect the heart and lungs and cause serious health

effects.

22 Mid latitude grassland in south America….

B Mid-latitude grasslands, including the prairie and Pacific

grasslands of North America, the Pampas of Argentina,

Brazil and Uruguay(South America ), calcareous

downland, and the steppes of Europe. They are classified

with temperate savannas and shrublands as the temperate

grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome.

23 The Great Victorian Desert… A

24 Activities performed at Coolgardi C

25 Match Bangluru -----1. Iron & steel Kobra …………… 2. Copper

D

26 Sea having highest salinity… D

27 Att which place copper industry located …?

D

28 What is Golden quadrilateral? C The Golden Quadrilateral is a highway network connecting many of the major industrial, agricultural and cultural centres of India. A quadrilateral of sorts is formed by connecting Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi and Mumbai, and hence its name. Other metropolises also connected by the network are Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Jaipur, Kanpur, Pune, Surat, Nellore, Vijayawada and Guntur.It is the largest highway project in India and the fifth longest in the world,

29 Dravadian race …. A

30 …Eastern ghats meets western ghatss….?

C

31 The only state which produces saffron ….?

C

32 ..alakhnanda & Bhagirathi combines ,,,?

D

33 …iron ore mined at Beladila.? A

34 River Tel a tributary of …? E Is a tributary of Mahanadi

35 Which of the following canal system irrigate areas of Bihar ?

B

36 …landforms occupy the North-western part of Bihar state?

A

37 NH connecting Goplaganj & Chhapara …?

C

38 ….highest growth of population during 2001-2011

C

39 …a silk textile producing centre in Bihar

C

40 …Bharat Wagon & Engineering Co.Ltd situated?

D

41 Constitution day B

42 ..which officer of the govt of India has right to take part in the proceedings….?

B

43 DPSP in Part IV of the constitution ….? D

44 Vote on account…. C

45 Pachayat samiti at the block level….? C*

46 A seat of a MP can be vacant ….? B

47 The SC has held that …..National flag….?

B

48 Fundamental rights not available to the aliens

A

49 Creation of a new state ..requires…. ? A

50 …expression ‘Socialist’ was introduced. ?

A

51 Union list a.97 entries State ist b.47 entries ….

B

52 The ease of doing business index.. B

53 …to aid in improving India’s Balance of Payment .

54 President of India excerises his power ….?

A*

55 The economist who … National income…..?

B

56 % of decadal growth …..? B

57 Servive tx…. B

58 …census 2011 State having lowest sex ration ….?

B

59 Black revolution . C List of All Revolutions: • Black Revolution – Petroleum Production • Blue Revolution – Fish Production • Brown Revolution – Leather/non-conventional(India)/Cocoa production • Golden Fibre Revolution – Jute Production • Golden Revolution – Fruits/Overall Horticulture development/Honey Production • Green Revolution – Food grains • Grey Revolution – Fertilizer • Pink Revolution – Onion production/Pharmaceutical (India)

/Prawn production • Red Revolution – Meat & Tomato Production • Round Revolution – Potato • Silver Fiber Revolution – Cotton • Silver Revolution – Egg/Poultry Production • White Revolution (In India: Operation Flood) – Milk/Dairy production • Yellow Revolution – Oil Seeds production • Evergreen Revolution – Overall development of Agriculture

60 …has the largest no. of cotton textile mills….?

C*

61 …not a cash crop ….? C

62 First five year plan of India is based ….?

A

63 Bank rate ….? D

64 …which sector highest growth …? C

65 …which district in bihar is the poorest ….?

D

66 …tax levied by Union & collected & appropriated by states ….?

A

67 Per capita energy consumption in Bihar ….?

The per capita power consumption in Bihar is 144 kilo watt hour (kwh), 85% lower than the all-India average of 927 kwh. Only 26% of rural households are electrified.(Report of 2014-2015 )

68 JEEVIKA…. C

69 SPUR….? D

70 …length of National highways in Bihar …..?

C

71 Birsa was captured …. E

72 “the Muslims if contended & satisfied ……..”

73 …leader of revolutionaries in Bihar….? B

74 Who drew Mahatma Gandhi ji’s attention ….?

B

75 …first President of All India Kisan Sabha ….?

C

76 In my belief ,,peaceful demise”.who wrote it ?

C

77 Who was the PM of England when Montegue –Chelmsford Act was passed in 1919 ?

A

78 Whko left Patna college ……during the non –cooperation movement ?

C

79 Sir Michael O Dwyer was shot dead on….by

D

80 Who joined Subhash Chandra Bose ….with the INA movement ?

C Sheel Bhadra Yajee (1906–1996) was an activist from Bihar who

was associated with the non-violent and the violent form of the

Indian independence movement.Yajee's participation in the

freedom movement began in 1928 when, as a student, he

attended the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress. He

joined the Congress Socialist Party four years later and became

involved in the Kisan movement. Later, he came in close touch

with Subhas Chandra Bose and Mahatma Gandhi.

In 1939, he joined Bose to found the All India Forward Bloc. He

was actively associated with the INA movement. Yajee raised his

voice against caste prejudices and other social evils.

81 Who is regarded as the mother of Indian Revolution?

D

82 Who became champion of socialism & wanted to overthrow…..british rule ….

83 Swaraj party was formed following the failure of :

A Swaraj Party was formed by Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das It was established as the Congress-Khilafat Swarajaya Party, was a political party formed in India in January 1923 after the Gaya annual conference in December 1922 of the National Congress, that sought greater self-government and political freedom for the Indian people from the British Raj. It was inspired by the concept of Swaraj. In Hindi and many other languages of India, swaraj means "independence" or "self-rule." The two most important leaders were Chittaranjan Das, who was its president and Motilal Nehru, who was its secretary. Das and Nehru thought of contesting elections to enter the legislative council with a view to obstructing a foreign government. Many candidates of the Swaraj Party got elected to the central legislative assembly and provincial legislative council in the 1923 elections. In these legislatures they strongly opposed the unjust government policies.

84 The Chittagong Armoury Raid had been planned by :

A The Chittagong armoury raid, also known as the Chittagong

uprising, was an attempt on 18 April 1930 to raid the armoury of

police and auxiliary forces from the Chittagong armoury in the

Bengal Presidency of British India (now in Bangladesh) by armed

Indian independence fighters led by Surya Sen.

The raiders were inspired by the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland and

led by Surya Sen. The group included Ganesh Ghosh, Lokenath

Bal, Ambika Chakrobarty, Harigopal Bal (Tegra), Ananta Singh,

Anand Prasad Gupta, Pritilata Waddedar, Kalpana Dutta, Binod

Bihari Chowdhury, Subodh Roy, Debi Prasad Gupta and many

others.

85 Which journal was not associated with

the revolutionary activities?

D Young India was a weekshed - a weekly paper or journal - in English published by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi from 1919 to 1931.Gandhi wrote various quotations in this journal that inspired many. He used Young India to spread his unique

ideology and thoughts regarding the use of nonviolence in organising movements and to urge readers to consider, organise, and plan for India's eventual independence from Britain. The journal was reprinted in USA by the India Home Rule League of America.

86 First Indian elected to the British House of Commons was Dadabhai Naoroji who contested on the ticket of

A Dadabhai Naoroji also known as the Grand Old Man of India, was a Parsi intellectual, educator, cotton trader, and an early Indian political and social leader. He was a Liberal Party member of parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom House of Commons between 1892 and 1895, and the first Asian to be a British MP, nonwithstanding the Anglo-Indian MP David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre who was disfranchised for corruption. Naoroji is also credited with the founding of the Indian National Congress, along with A.O. Hume and Dinshaw Edulji Wacha. His book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India brought attention to the draining of India's wealth into Britain. He was also a member of the Second International along with Kautsky and Plekhanov.

87 The precursor of Indian National

Congress was :

B The Indian National Association also known as Indian Association was the first avowed nationalist organization founded in British India by Surendranath Banerjee and Ananda Mohan Bose in 1876. The objectives of this Association were "promoting by every legitimate means the political, intellectual and material advancement of the people". The Association attracted educated Indians and civic leaders from all parts of the country, and became an important forum for India's aspirations for independence. It later merged with the Indian National Congress.

88 Who organised the “Khudai

Khidmatgar” in 1929?

A Khudai Khidmatgar literally translates as the servants of God, represented a non-violent struggle against the British Empire by the Pashtuns (also known as Pathans, Pakhtuns or Afghans) of the North-West Frontier Province of British India (now in Pakistan). Also called "Surkh Posh" or "Red Shirts", it was originally a social reform organisation focussing on education and the elimination of blood feuds known as the Anjuman-e-Islah-e Afghania (society for reformation of Afghans). The movement was led by Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, known locally as Bacha Khan or Badshah Khan.

89 The Cabinet Mission came to India in : E The Cabinet Mission (consisted of Lord Pethick-Lawrence, Sir

Stafford Cripps and Mr. A. V. Alexander ) landed at Karachi airport

on March 23, 1946 and arrived at Delhi the next day, Lord Pathick

Lawrence stated at Karachi…”We are convinced that India is on

the threshold of a very great future”.

90 A pleader of Bihar who left his

lucrative practice during Non-

B During the Lucknow Session of Indian National Congress held in 1916, he met Mahatma Gandhi. During one of the fact-finding missions at Champaran, Mahatma Gandhi asked him to come

Cooperation Movement was : with his volunteers. He was so greatly moved by the dedication, courage, and conviction of Mahatma Gandhi that as soon as the motion of Non-Cooperation was passed by Indian National Congress in 1920, he retired his lucrative career of lawyer as well as his duties in the university to aid the movement.

91 If SURGICAL –STRIKE is coded as 13979313-129925, then METRO-TRAIN is coded as

B

92 x is a consecutive whole number and

the first four values of expression x3 +

3y -3 are 7, 20, 45, 88, then the fifth

value is

B

93 A, B, C, Invested 20 lac rupees in a business in the ratio 7 : 2 : 1. The total profit is 18%. A has to pay 30% tax and B hast to pay 20% tax. What percent of net profit of A is more than the net profit of B?

C

94 The dearness-allowance of a person

with basic salary Rs.7700 is increased

to 132% form 125% and the tax

deduction on both is increased to 22%

from 20%. He got salary increased by

E*

95 Inspect the following figure(Please see

the question paper) and find the

region which represents the

government employee who live in

own house and compulsorily graduate.

E

96 In the series of numbers and

alphabets A26H, C24F, G20B, the next

term is

D

97 If sign +, represents multiplication, x

addition, – division, ÷ difference >

equal and = represents greater than,

then which of the following relation is

true?

B

98 How many times the digit 9 occurs in

the numbers from 100 to 999.

A

99 In the following pie-chart, the various

expenditures of an industry are

C

presented. Total expenditure on raw

material is Rs.30 lac. If labour

expenditure is increased by 5%. How

much expenditure on other expenses

be reduced to maintain the profit ?

100 In the bottom of a water tank, there

are two drains A and B. If only A is

open , it takes 30 minutes to empty a

full tank and if only B is open, it takes

20 minutes. If for 10 minutes both

drains are open, then B is closed, how

much time it takes to empty a full

tank?

E*

101 Teflon is a polymer of which of the following monomers?

A Teflon a copolymers of tetrafluoroethylene and 2,2-bis(trifluoromethyl)-4,5-difluoro-1,3-dioxole used as membrane materials

102 Which of the following is responsible

for controlling hereditary characters of

the living cells?

D DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is the hereditary material in humans and almost all other organisms. Nearly every cell in a person’s body has the same DNA. Most DNA is located in the cell nucleus (where it is called nuclear DNA), but a small amount of DNA can also be found in the mitochondria (where it is called mitochondrial DNA or mtDNA).

103 Which of the following pairs is not

correctly matched ?

E Oranges are famous for their high vitamin C content,

104 Which of the following pairs is not

correctly matched ?

E*

105 Bakelite is formed by the

condensation of

B Bakelite or polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride, is an early plastic. It is a thermosetting phenol formaldehyde resin, formed from a condensation reaction of phenol with formaldehyde.

106 Which of the following vitamins is known as ergocalciferol ?

A ergocalciferol is vitamin D2 used to treat hypoparathyroidism

(decreased functioning of the parathyroid glands), and is also

used to treat rickets (softening of the bones caused by vitamin D

deficiency) or low levels of phosphate in the blood

(hypophosphatemia). Calciferol is available in generic form.

Vitamin D at normal doses usually has no side effects.

107 Match List-I with List-II and select the

correct answer using the codes given

below the lists :

Aspertame….

C

108 Insulin is E* Insulin is a peptide hormone produced by beta cells of the pancreatic islets. It regulates the metabolism of carbohydrates, fats and protein by promoting the absorption of, especially, glucose from the blood into fat, liver and skeletal muscle cells.

109 Which one of the following is an

antibiotic drug?

C* Quinine is an antimalarial.

110 Soap removes grease by C

111 Which of the following hormones play

a role in release of milk from

mammary glands?

D Oxytocin is a hormone that is made in the brain, in the hypothalamus. It is transported to, and secreted by, the pituitary gland, which is located at the base of the brain. The release of oxytocin by the pituitary gland acts to regulate two female reproductive functions:1,2

1. Childbirth 2. Breast-feeding.

112 The gas used in the manufacture of

Vanaspati Ghee from Vanaspati Oil is

A

113 LPG used as domestic fuel chiefly

contains

E* LPG bought and sold include mixes that are mostly propane (C3H8), mostly butane (C4H10)

114 In human body, Vitamin A is stored in A

115 Which of the following vitamins is

used as an antidote to anticoagulant

poisons ?

D

116 Match List-I with List-II and select the

correct answer using the codes given

below the lists :

1. Skin cancer…

B

117 ‘God Particle’ is B The "God particle" is the nickname of a subatomic particle called the Higgs boson. In layman’s terms, different subatomic particles are responsible for giving matter different properties. One of the most mysterious and important properties is mass. Some particles, like protons and neutrons, have mass. Others, like photons, do not. The Higgs boson, or “God particle,” is believed to be the particle which gives mass to matter. The “God particle” nickname grew out of the long, drawn-out struggles of physicists to find this elusive piece of the cosmic puzzle. and

118 Which of the following radio isotopes

is used in the treatment of blood

cancer [leukemia]?

D* Radiation source for medical radiotherapy. Cobalt therapy, using beams of gamma rays from 60 Co teletherapy machines to treat cancer, has been widely used since the 1950s.

119 Iodised salt contains D

120 Which of the following is present in

maximum in acid rain?

E* Acid rain results when sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOX) are emitted into the atmosphere and transported by wind and air currents. The SO2 and NOX react with water, oxygen and other chemicals to form sulfuric and nitric acids. These then mix with water and other materials before falling to the ground.

121 What is the India’s rank in the 2016

Sustainable Development Goal Index?

A 110th

122 The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change deals with

D*

123 The elected US President Donald

Trump was the Presidential Nominee

of the

B

124 The Iran-Pakistan Gas pipe line is also

called as

C

125 Who is the new Secretary General of

the United Nations?

C

126 Which of the following countries has

recently joined the Hague Code of

Conduct [HCoC] , a global initiative to

prevent ballistic missile proliferation ?

C

127 The 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature was won by

C

128 Which country has the largest reserves

of oil?

D

129 The head of state of the United

Kingdom is

B

130 India’s first and Asia’s longest cycle

highway has been opened in which

State of India?

A

131 Which State has been declared India’s

first ‘Open Defecation Free State’?

D Sikkim

132 Which of the following is the newest

member of the Eurozone?

A The eurozone officially called the euro area, is a monetary union of 19 of the 28 European Union (EU) member states which have adopted the euro (€) as their common currency and sole legal tender. The monetary authority of the eurozone is the Eurosystem. The other nine members of the European Union

continue to use their own national currencies, although most of them are obliged to adopt the euro in future. The eurozone consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain. Lithuania JOINED Eurozone on 01-01-2015

133 The 2016 joint military exercise

“Maitree” has been conducted

between India and which of the

following countries?

B

134 The nation-wise breast-feeding programme “MAA” has been launched by which Union Ministry?

B

135 India’s first textile university will be

set up in which of the following states

?

C

136 What is the fiscal deficit target of India

for the financial year 2016-17?

B 3.5% of GDP

137 Which train safety system has recently

been launched by the Indian Railways

to avoid train accidents?

B Tri-Netra

138 Which committee has been

constituted by the Government of

India to boost cashless transaction?

D Neeraj Kumar Gupta Committee

139 Which of the following is a bond through which Indian entities can raise money from foreign markets in rupees, and not in foreign currency?

B Masala Bonds

140 In Rio Olympics 2016 which country

finished at the top of the table with

gold medals ?

A United States

141 The FIFA World Cup 2022 will be held

in

C Qatar

142 Which country has won the 2016 Davis Cup Tennis Tournament?

A Argentina

143 India’s first Laser Interferometer B Maharashtra

Gravitational-Wave Observatory

(LIGO) laboratory will be setup in

which State ?

144 Which country has won the 2016

Kabaddi World Cup?

C India

145 Which country’s women Badminton

team has won the 2016 Uber Cup

Tournament?

D China

146 As per Census 2011, what is the rank

of Bihar State in terms of population in

the country?

C

147 Who is the first Indian to win two

Paralympic Gold Medals?

A Devendra Jhajharia

148 What was the theme of the 2016 Rio

Olympics ?

B World peace and Environment

149 Who has been conferred with the

2015 Jnanpith Award ?

C Raghuveer Chaudhari

150 The book ‘Six Machine : I Don’t Like

Cricket …. I Love It “ is the

autobiography of which cricketer?

B

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